“I’ve been a severe weather spotter for close to fifteen years. I’ve had my share of close calls, and even more so, I’ve experienced plenty of boredom. Being out in the field often is long stretches of nothing peppered with bits of extreme excitement.
But for the last few years, my storm spotter experience has moved inside as being net control. Now instead of worrying about just my safety, I have to be concerned about every spotter in the field. That’s why as net control I strive to run a disciplined net that keeps traffic to to minimum and reports structured and precise.….MORE
In 2020, a project between AMSAT-UK, AMSAT-NL, and Swiss universities got under way with the aim of equipping two Swiss satellites — for now under the CHESS name — with linear amateur radio transponders. Linear transponders permit several C... Read more
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